JACKSONVILLE based csx railroad said it was weighing options after a US appeals court refused to restart its lawsuit against the rival Norfolk Southern over access to Virginia container port, reports New York's FreightWaves.
The allegations fell outside the four-year window for filing claims under US antitrust law, a three-judge panel of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia ruled.
A lower judge in 2023 ruled against CSX and the Richmond court's decision upholds that ruling in the case involving Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) at the Port of Virginia.
'CSX is evaluating all options as we remain committed to gaining competitive access at NIT, the Virginia Port Authority's largest marine terminal, so that we can best serve our customers,' said CSX.
Norfolk Southern provides on-dock rail on its own tracks to NIT, which has an annual capacity of 3.6 million TEU.
CSX in 2018 sued claiming Norfolk Southern had conspired with Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Co to set an excessive 'switch rate' for on-dock access.
The claims dated to 2009 and the appeals court said the lawsuit filed against NS and Norfolk & Portsmouth years later was 'untimely'.
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The allegations fell outside the four-year window for filing claims under US antitrust law, a three-judge panel of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia ruled.
A lower judge in 2023 ruled against CSX and the Richmond court's decision upholds that ruling in the case involving Norfolk International Terminals (NIT) at the Port of Virginia.
'CSX is evaluating all options as we remain committed to gaining competitive access at NIT, the Virginia Port Authority's largest marine terminal, so that we can best serve our customers,' said CSX.
Norfolk Southern provides on-dock rail on its own tracks to NIT, which has an annual capacity of 3.6 million TEU.
CSX in 2018 sued claiming Norfolk Southern had conspired with Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad Co to set an excessive 'switch rate' for on-dock access.
The claims dated to 2009 and the appeals court said the lawsuit filed against NS and Norfolk & Portsmouth years later was 'untimely'.
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